I wanted to walk a circular route, and I am not having much luck finding a nice one here in Waterlooville. Part of the walk had me alongside the dual carriageway heading into town, not at all pleasant. At least with my morning walks in Gosport I am minimally affected by traffic fumes.
I think it would have been good if the planners had woven a wooded walk into the town, which is only a couple of hundred years old. I can remember knowing the name Waterlooville, from many years ago, well before we moved to the area, but I can’t think where or why I heard it. Indeed at risk of insulting the town, it’s fame is primarily in its name, and it’s association with the Battle of Waterloo through a pub called “The Heroes of Waterloo” named so because on it’s opening day in 1815 soldiers who were returning from the battle decided to stop there. Apparently, a lot of them settled here.
I think that’s as good a reason as any to be famous.
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